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Nicolas Lodieu, a scientist working on the SELF project at the Laboratory for Innovation in Optomechanics (LIOM), presented the progress made on this experimental telescope at the international CHASES 2026 conference. SELF is designed to validate technologies for the direct observation of worlds beyond the Solar System. -- IAC

The IAC Presents The SELF Telescope In Italy, A Prototype To Advance The Search For Life On Exoplanets

by Keith CowingOctober 2, 2026October 2, 2026

[IAC] The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has presented the progress made on the SELF (Small ExoLife Finder) telescope at the international Charting the Future of Stellar and Exoplanet […]

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The IAC Presents The SELF Telescope In Italy, A Prototype To Advance The Search For Life On Exoplanets

Chemical Diversity Of Dense Cores In Orion B: The Role Of The Environment

Precise C-N-O Abundances of Individual Galaxies In The First Billion Years From Ultra-Deep, Rest-UV-to-Optical JWST Spectroscopy

Bacteriophage Qβ: Six Decades at the Frontier of Molecular and Viral Evolution Genome, Particle And Mutational Landscape Of Bacteriophage Qβ

Secondary Ion-Ice Chemistry in UV-Irradiated Oxygen Ice: New Astrochemical Models Including Bulk Ionic Species

Controlled Near-space Exposure Induces Community Restructuring In An Ocean Water Microbiome